NC native Linda McMahon moves closer to leading Department of Education
A Senate committee approved of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. She ...
NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund calls on Congress to reject McMahon for Education Department
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is pressing its call for the Senate to reject Linda McMahon to lead the Department of ...
Opinion: How to make the Dept. of Education work for America’s kids
The Trump administration could radically reform early literacy initiatives by turning Title I into a block grant program and ...
Linda McMahon Lays Out Plan for a Diminished Education Dept.
During a Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for education secretary spoke about her priorities for the ...
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Mississippi’s graduation rate decreases slightly from previous year
Mississippi’s 2023-24 graduation rate decreased slightly from 2022-23. According to the Mississippi Department of Education ...
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Mississippi’s graduation rate remains strong at 89.2%
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the 2023-24 graduation and dropout rates on Thursday, Feb. 20. The ...
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‘Let us do our jobs’: Mississippi universities growing weary of Trump’s crusade on diversity
Faculty, staff and administrators at Mississippi’s colleges and universities are growing increasingly weary of the Trump ...
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Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture ‘Mississippi Miracle’
It’s a real shame,’ said Maryland ed chief Carey Wright, who’d hoped to tap the federal labs to recreate their past literacy ...
National test scores show danger of education fads and dumbing down standards | Opinion
Wisconsin is now far from an education model for the nation to follow. We are a cautionary tale of progressivism pushing ...
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History of statewide Black leaders in Mississippi
Black leaders on the statewide level may not currently be present in Mississippi, but a look back in time reveals that was not always the case. Despite having the ...
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon inches toward Senate confirmation
A Senate panel on Thursday advanced former professional wrestling executive Linda McMcMahon’s nomination to lead the ...
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Linda McMahon Says She Will Work with Congress To Shutter the ‘Bureaucracy’ of the Education Department
The president ‘believes that the bureaucracy of it should be closed,’ Trump’s Education Secretary nominee says at her ...